Beijing (January 19, 2018): China´s Communist Party proposed on Friday to engrave President Xi Jinping´s guiding philosophy in the country´s constitution, further cementing his status as its most powerful leader in decades.
Xi´s eponymous “thought” was already enshrined in the Communist Party constitution at a major congress in October, elevating him to the same status as modern China´s founder Mao Zedong.
The architect of China´s economic reforms, Deng Xiaoping, is the only other leader whose name appears alongside his guiding principle in both the state and party constitutions.
The party´s Central Committee proposed at a two-day meeting that “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” should also be added to the state constitution, said the official Xinhua news agency.
The constitutional change must be approved by the National People´s Congress, which is expected to hold its annual plenary session in March.
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